Tascam SS-R200 Solid State Recorder

I've been working with my new Tascam SS-R200 for a few weeks now. I must admit that I am impressed. I expected to be pleased, as Tascam is studio-grade equipment. It has a much sturdier feel than consumer grade equipment. I bought it because I like the idea of recording to flash media, rather than a stand-alone CD recorder, which tend to be plagued by laser alignment issues after a few hundred hours of use. I hope to get many more years of use from this very flexible device, due to the fact that there are no moving parts.The menu interface is pretty straightforward and intuitive; and I was up and running in a matter of minutes. I am pleased that I am able to choose to record to SD card, or thumb drive. I am also pleased at the flexibility of the choice of recording format: wav files or mp3 in various bitrates. I have tried splitting files and burning them to cds via itunes. Playback segues seamlessly from track to track without the slightest hiccup. This is critical for me, as I want no gaps or glitches between tracks recorded on this unit. Bravo!If I run into any difficulties, concerns or issues in the future, I'll be sure to update this review; but for now, I would recommend this unit without hesitation.

Very reliable!

The service by Amazon.com as a international transaction was superb - even with paying import duties (You have to do this at time of purchase) still was £100+ cheaper than any UK supplier! Ordered on the Sunday from the states arrived Wednesday in UK. The product is quite specialist and 'the budget' model in a range of 3. Its application is really for studio use ideal for 'quick' recordings and/or conversion to MP3/Wav of audio input. I bought this after seeing it used at the BBC for speech/phone calls/ short series play. There is no onboard 'hard drive' recordings need to be made directly to USB/SD/Compact Flash cards (not Included)- -Compact flash cards are still my preferred media but seldom included on equipment these days. The unit is multi voltage so buying from the states is no problem works fine in UK (with alternative kettle lead!) - It is well built and of course compact - Im not a great fan of the wired remote - but in a fixed studio application it is fine. love the illuminated buttons. I would have preferred a green backlight display - the blue never seems sharp enough for me - but that is a personal issue. Great bit of kit for the right application - for home use it might be over complicated and other domestic items might be best - for gigging might be an overkill on the road - it seems in the gigging world Minidisc is still king! (MDS E10,E11E12)

I have since the unit has been purchased to get the unit either replaced or repaired with NO response from either Amazon, their vendor or Tascam this unit was installed in a church system by the church sound engineer and did not work from the first day. Now that it is approaching the 90 days I'm a specking them to tell me I'm pass the 90 days warranty!!! With this unit costing $800 that is not something I want to hear!I would not purchase It or any other thing from Amazon!Ronald J. Heifner phd EE

Overall this thing is great. My only complaint is that it takes FORRREVER to burn a CD from USB. We use this in our church and occasionally I get a request for a CD copy. It takes at least 40 minutes to burn a 50 minute sermon from USB to CD. Now I'm going to have to get a separate computer for that task alone. I would have given it 5 stars if it wouldn't be for that. You would think for a device that costs $800 the CD burn rate would be much quicker.

Expensive but worth the money of your wanting serious sound, works as advertised plus more, easy to operate, I have it at the end of my other equipment so I only have to push one button to record what ever I want quickly with out time loss.

Great unit, works well as advertised. Wished you could record on multiple mediums at same time, but other than that, wish I had another unit. Little pricey but I have had no problems with it so I got what I paid for.

I'm getting used to it I have a lot of vinyl to record and reel to reel so I'm using wave files ,I like it